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Noun expose has 1 sense
  1. expose, unmasking - the exposure of an impostor or a fraud; "he published an expose of the graft and corruption in city government"
    --1 is a kind of exposure
    Derived forms: verb expose2, verb expose8
,Verb expose has 9 senses
  1. expose - expose or make accessible to some action or influence; "Expose your students to art"; "expose the blanket to sunshine"
    --1 is one way to     subject
    Derived forms: noun exposure1, noun exposure2
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s somebody
    Somebody ----s somebody PP
  2. disclose, let on, bring out, reveal, discover, expose, divulge, impart, break, give away, let out - make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret; "The auction house would not disclose the price at which the van Gogh had sold"; "The actress won't reveal how old she is"; "bring out the truth"; "he broke the news to her"
    --2 is one way to tell
    Derived forms: noun exposure3, noun expose1
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Something ----s something
    Somebody ----s something to somebody
    Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
  3. expose, exhibit, display - to show, make visible or apparent; "The Metropolitan Museum is exhibiting Goya's works this month"; "Why don't you show your nice legs and wear shorter skirts?"; "National leaders will have to display the highest skills of statesmanship"
    --3 is one way to show
    Derived form: noun exposure9
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Somebody ----s somebody
    Something ----s somebody
    Something ----s something
  4. uncover, expose - remove all or part of one's clothes to show one's body; "uncover your belly"; "The man exposed himself in the subway"
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Something ----s something
  5. disclose, expose - disclose to view as by removing a cover; "The curtain rose to disclose a stunning set"
    --5 is one way to uncover, bring out, unveil, reveal
    Derived form: noun exposure9
    Sample sentence:
    Something ----s something
  6. queer, expose, scupper, endanger, peril - put in a dangerous, disadvantageous, or difficult position
    --6 is one way to affect, impact, bear upon, bear on, touch on, touch
    Derived form: noun exposure5
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Somebody ----s somebody
    Something ----s somebody
    Something ----s something
  7. expose - expose to light, of photographic film
    --7 is one way to     subject
    Derived forms: noun exposure6, noun exposure8
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something
  8. debunk, expose - expose while ridiculing; especially of pretentious or false claims and ideas; "The physicist debunked the psychic's claims"
    --8 is one way to ridicule, roast, guy, blackguard, laugh at, jest at, rib, make fun, poke fun
    Derived form: noun expose1
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something
  9. expose - abandon by leaving out in the open air; "The infant was exposed by the teenage mother"; "After Christmas, many pets get abandoned"
    --9 is one way to     abandon, forsake, desolate, desert
    Derived form: noun exposure10
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s somebody
    Something ----s somebody
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